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Obamacare: The Hate Can’t Be Cured
The New York Review of Books ^ | April 22, 2013 | Garry Wills

Posted on 04/24/2014 10:56:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

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1 posted on 04/24/2014 10:56:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Compared to the overall rant, the last sentence is utterly ironic.


2 posted on 04/24/2014 11:00:02 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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Garry Wills

Sarah Palin, Beware: The Evangelical Intrusion Is Over

by Garry WillsNov 13, 2008 7:46 am EST

The religious forces that helped elect Bush have lost their grip on American politics.

The best thing for the Democrats will be for the Palin cultists to keep her hopes alive, beating a dead moose. Her stands—anti-evolution, anti-stem cell research, no abortion for rape or incest, humans palling around with dinosaurs—will drive the religious extremists back to the margins they came from.

3 posted on 04/24/2014 11:08:51 PM PDT by kcvl
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I have had my insurance cancelled by Obamacare. None of the political elites talking about it have suffered that loss or know the fear it causes. This author, like all of those saying what a great deal Obamacare is, can all go to hell. Yes, the hate is palpable. And it will only get worse. I will detest Obama and the Dems who forced this terrible problem upon me till I draw my last breath.


4 posted on 04/24/2014 11:11:27 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Harry Reid says you don’t exist. Did you know that?


5 posted on 04/24/2014 11:12:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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Harry Reid, evil personified. I was talking to a liberal the other day who had been an Obama supporter. Obamacare kind of did her in. She was telling me her father, like me, had his policy cancelled and was forced onto the state exchange. He applied, heard nothing for 3 months. No card, no info, nothing. He did not seek any medical treatment during this time, because he’d heard nothing. The other day he finally got contacted. It was a bill showing that he owed $2,400 in premiums for the 3 months he had no card, etc. What a travesty Obamacare is.


6 posted on 04/24/2014 11:18:17 PM PDT by Lawgvr1955 ( Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Repealing Obamacare will eventually go the way of repealing the New Deal.

Time to take the Doofus off the dime before Janet Yellen makes it not worth the trouble.

7 posted on 04/24/2014 11:19:07 PM PDT by cynwoody
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PArt of the ‘creed’ that Mr WIllis doesn’t get, is that I still refuse to buy something which goes against my religious beliefs. That creed was well established long before Obamacare. I’m not going to toss aside eternity to make some damned Liberal happy.


8 posted on 04/24/2014 11:21:21 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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I swear eternal hatred to communism. Suck on that, Gary.


9 posted on 04/24/2014 11:25:35 PM PDT by Argus
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That is the way people cling with ardor to causes they have felt honor-bound to maintain. In the mid-term elections this fall, evidence will matter little to the opponents of Obamacare.

This is exactly what liberals do. The evidence that socialism is a failure is prevalent - but it doesn't stop them from thinking they can do it better.

And the typical liberal stance - ignore discussing the issue and attack the other side with personal insults. Kinda like the playground.

We have to remember that Social Security remained hated long after its success made it undislodgeable.

You mean that 'successful' program that will be going backrupt shortly? Inspite of increasing the age of eligibility and just recently, removing the ability to defer collecting it. All these little bandaids won't do anything to make the SS ponzi scheme sustainable.
10 posted on 04/24/2014 11:29:43 PM PDT by yorkiemom
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Obamacare ping.


11 posted on 04/24/2014 11:40:19 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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No doubt about it! I will always hate communism and totalitarianism.


12 posted on 04/24/2014 11:46:24 PM PDT by TigersEye (Stupid is a Progressive disease.)
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So, if you don't like ObamaCare you're a racist bigoted hater.

No, you're finding out (or have found out) that:
1. You can't afford the premium and LESS is covered.
2. You can't keep your doctor.
3. Your medical care facility isn't able to cover you.
4. Doctors aren't taking new Medicare or Medicaid patients.
5. You're paying more in deductibles and it is expected to be paid up front.
6. What's not to like as the hit list goes on and on.

13 posted on 04/24/2014 11:48:35 PM PDT by MasterGunner01
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Oh please, we’ve only seen the tip of the Obamacare iceberg. There’s a reason why Obama postponed the employer part of the bill for two more years. The RATS are delusional if they think everything’s hunky dory. When 60-100 million Americans lose their employer healthcare there will be hell to pay.


14 posted on 04/24/2014 11:51:41 PM PDT by Hugin
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The irrelevance of evidence in the face of sacred causes explains the dogged denial of global warming. . . . .

What an absolute idiot!


15 posted on 04/24/2014 11:59:36 PM PDT by eddiespaghetti ((with the meatball eyes))
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” I was talking to a liberal the other day who had been an Obama supporter. “

As you may know, I wrote Harry Reid’s only biography. Send your friend these links of mine and watch her turns sick:

http://www.fuuturnamics.com/reid.php
http://www.fuuturnamics.com/reid_brown.php


16 posted on 04/25/2014 12:01:00 AM PDT by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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Poor little Miss Wills. She tries so hard to make us celebrate fascism; she even fantasizes that her scribbling will persuade others she is telling the truth.

Obamacare WILL be destroyed. That is a cold hard fact.


17 posted on 04/25/2014 12:49:32 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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I almost LOL’d at this line:

“Creeds are not built up out of facts.”

Really?

I believe in God, the Father almighty,
creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
he descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again;
he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.


18 posted on 04/25/2014 12:52:46 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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Isn’t this the guy who made a career out of hating John Wayne?


19 posted on 04/25/2014 12:57:10 AM PDT by Rastus
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The left has so desperately wanted to impose socialized medicine on Americans, they have embraced this convoluted mess of fascism, and they are clinging to it no matter how bad it gets. They can’t let go, for fear of losing their faith. The problem is that Americans can’t afford it, and Americans can’t afford what Obamacare doesn’t cover. It is like not being insured, but sacrificing financial well being to pay for it. Sure, some people benefit from the massive redistribution of wealth, but most people have been plundered beyond their means.

Obamacare should fail, and it will. The longer it is forced to remain in place, the worse its failure will be. Obama acolytes, like this pedantic author, can’t see the inevitable failure of this catastrophic policy. We can take away Obamacare when we pry it from his clinging fingers. He doesn’t care about the damage it is doing.


20 posted on 04/25/2014 12:59:22 AM PDT by pallis
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